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Just imagine: No more obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviors. No more planning your day around avoiding certain situations. You can get over OCD--and join the thousands of people who are living freer, happier lives thanks to the clinically proven strategies in this book. Noted OCD specialist Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz provides the information, support, and practical tools you need to: *Understand your obsessions, compulsions, and rituals *Develop a customized action plan *Take gradual steps to safely confront--and master--the situations you avoid *Find relief from intrusive thoughts, no matter how distressing *Overcome compulsion urges *Reduce anxiety and improve your relationships Based on cognitive-behavioral therapy, the most effective treatment for OCD, the workbook's carefully sequenced exercises are illustrated with detailed examples.
About the Author
Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Ph.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Director of the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Clinic at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an internationally recognized expert on anxiety disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) . Through his teaching, research, and writing, Dr. Abramowitz has made significant contributions to the field of anxiety disorders and OCD. He has published over 300 research articles, book chapters, and books on these topics and has won awards for his work from the American Psychological Association, International OCD Foundation, and the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Abramowitz is Editor-in-Chief of the "Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders." He maintains an active private practice in Chapel Hill, NC and devotes substantial time to training and supervising clinical psychology graduate students.
